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**2026 Mardi Gras Climatology**
30YR Normals	02/11	02/12	02/13	02/14	02/15	02/16	02/17
Normal Highs	66	66	66	66	67	67	67
Record High	83	83	81	82	83	83	82
Year	2025	2025	1959	1989	2018	2018	2018
Lowest High	40	39	44	45	42	33	39
Year	1986	1958	1960	2021	2021	2021	1958
Normal Lows	49	49	49	50	50	50	50
Record Low	27	26	25	23	29	25	28
Year	1980	1981	1958	1960	2021	2021	1996
Highest Low	71	70	65	67	71	67	68
Year	2020	2020	1952	2001	1990	2018	1956
Average Daily	57	57	58	58	58	58	58
Normal Precip	0.14	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Record Precip	2.12	1.87	2.80	2.84	3.32	1.63	2.67
Year	2021	1971	1950	2009	1956	1965	1992
Snow	0	2.0	T	0	0	0	T
Year		1958	1960				1973
2025
High	83	83	66	67	81	75	56
Low	64	66	52	48	68	47	41
Precip	0.41"	0.03"	0.00"	0.00"	0.00"	0.00"	0.00"

Note: Record rainfall is the maximum of New Orleans Airport, New Orleans City or New Orleans Audubon Park.

Period of Record: 1874-2025 (152 Years)
Coldest Temperature: 22F on February 14, 1899
Coldest Average Temperature: 29F on February 16, 2021
Lowest High Temperature: 33F on February 16, 2021
10 out of 152 Mardi Gras Days have had temperatures 32F or less.
Approximately 6.6 percent of all Mardi Gras Days had freezing temperatures.
Warmest Temperature: 83F on February 20, 1917, February 9, 1932, Feb 21, 2023
Warmest Average Temperature: 75.5F on February 20, 1917
Highest Minimum Temperature: 71F on February 28, 2017
8 out of 152 Mardi Gras Days had temperatures 80F or higher.
Approximately 5.3 percent of all Mardi Gras Days had 80F or warmer.
The wettest Mardi Gras was 2.12 inches on March 1, 1927.
48 out of 152 Mardi Gras Days received measurable rainfall.
Rain has occurred on 31.1 percent of all Mardi Gras Days.
Seven previous Mardi Gras' fell on February, 17th
Year	High	Low	Average	Rainfall
1874	75	64	69.5	T
1885	66	43	54.5	0.00"
1920	52	42	47.0	0.51"
1931	78	54	66.0	0.00"
1942	64	54	59.0	0.40"
1953	60	46	53.0	0.17"
2015	47	34	40.5	0.02"
Averages	63.1	48.1	55.6	0.16"

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